Install PHP ImageMagick and imagick on IIS 7.5

Install IIS 7.5 and PHP

Download and install ImageMagick.  Not all versions will work, at the time of writing the current version for windows was 6.6.7-0, however this version does not work, version 6.6.3-0 is the latest version that would work for me.  You can find version 6.6.3-0 at file://bpsnt04/transfer/Setups/ImageMagick/ImageMagick-6.6.3-0-Q8-windows-dll.exe.

You can find all windows version at this mirror http://image_magick.veidrodis.com/image_magick/binaries/

When installing the applications change the path to c:\ImageMagick.  Having spaces in the path seems to be a problem with PHP.

Do not select any additional tasks from the "Select Additional Tasks" screen, the default is fine.

To test the installation select Command Prompt from the Windows Start menu. Within the window type:
    convert logo: logo.miff
    imdisplay logo.miff
and the ImageMagick logo should be displayed in a window.

Imagick is a PHP extension for ImageMagick.  The latest version of this file works fine and can be found at file://bpsnt04/transfer/Setups/ImageMagick/php_imagick.dll.

You can find the latest version at http://valokuva.org/builds/.  Be sure to download the x86 / VC9 / non-thread-safe version.

Download the file into the extensions folder for PHP, most likely c:\php\ext.  See the php,ini entry extension_dir for the location on your machine.

You must now configure PHP to know about the new extension.  Edit php.ini and add or uncomment the PHP_IMAGICK entry.

[PHP_IMAGICK]
extension=php_imagick.dll

Reboot the machine then check the phpinfo screen http://localhost/phpinfo.php.  There should now be an IMAGICK section.  Refer to the end of the blog How to host php on IIS 7.5 for help creating the phpinfo.php file.

The user IUSR must be granted certain privledges. 
    C:\ImageMagick -> Read & execute, List folder contents and Read
    C:\Windows\Temp -> Modify, Read & execute, List folder contents, Read and Write

In addition, you may need to grant permissions to other folders used by PHP and ImageMagick

Some image formats require addional packages, PDF is one of those.  Since it is so common, we are going to install Ghostscript. The latest version at the time of writing works just fine, version 9.00, and be found at \\bpsnt04\transfer\Setups\ImageMagick\gs900w32.zip. 
All available files can be found at http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/.


When installing the package accept all defaults.